Abstract

To Bike or Not To Bike: Bicycle Planning with GIS
Track: Transportation
Authors: Carrie Carsell

The ultimate goal with any bicycle master plan is to increase the number of persons who bicycle for transportation to work, school, and errands, and for recreation. Sacramento County's Bicycle Master Plan Update was intended to guide and influence bikeway policies, programs and development standards to make bicycling in Sacramento County more safe, comfortable, convenient, and enjoyable for all bicyclists. In addition to extensive public participation, workshops, and data collection, a GIS suitability analysis was performed in order to determine which planned routes should be given higher priority based on factors such as origin/destination proximity, roadway traffic patterns, bicyclist comfort level, and bicycle/vehicle collisions. This presentation will explore why GIS was an essential tool in the creation and analysis of the Sacramento County Bicycle Master Plan.